NCT04385329

Shock Wave Therapy for Sural Myofascial Pain Associated to Chronic Heel Pain

Shock Wave Therapy for Sural Myofascial Pain Syndrome Associated With Plantar Fasciitis: a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 55 (actual)
• Sponsor: Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo di Pavia · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 75 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The aim of this randomized controlled study in to investigate if a shock wave treatment extended to the gastrocnemius-soleus trigger points (TrP) is more effective than a standard treatment exclusively targeted at the plantar fascia in a population affected by unilateral plantar fasciitis with concomitant sural myofascial pain syndrome.

Conditions

• Tendinopathy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Shock wave therapy on plantar fascia extended to the gastrocnemius-soleus trigger points	Enrolled subjects were treated with focused shock wave therapy, once a week for three consecutive weeks, by a specialized physician with more than five years of expertise, using a device powered by a piezoelectric generator (PIEZOSON 100PLUS, Richard Wolf®). At each treatment session, with the patients lying in prone decubitus position, the enthesis of the plantar fascia and the gastrocnemius-soleus trigger points were clinically targeted and treated with a perpendicular technique.
OTHER	Shock wave therapy on plantar fascia only	Enrolled subjects were treated with focused shock wave therapy, once a week for three consecutive weeks, by a specialized physician with more than five years of expertise, using a device powered by a piezoelectric generator (PIEZOSON 100PLUS, Richard Wolf®). At each treatment session, with the patients lying in prone decubitus position, the enthesis of the plantar fascia was clinically targeted and treated with a perpendicular technique.

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-07-04
• Primary completion: 2018-07-04
• Completion: 2018-11-03
• First posted: 2020-05-12
• Last updated: 2020-05-12